Massage implement.



PATENTED DBG. l0, 1907.

H. D. GARDY. MASSAGE IMPLBMENT. APPLIOATION FILED un. e. 1907.'

HENRY D. GARDY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

MASSAGE IMPLEMENT.

specification f Letter. Patent.

Patented Dec. 10, 1907.

' ippiimion ima April 8.1907. semi ia. 367.079.

tion is to provide a portable massage 'implement the efficiency andconvenience in use of which will be materially increased by storingwithin the apparatus itself a generating source of current su ply.

Other objects wili) appear hereinafter.

rI`he invention stated in general terms comprises the improvements 'tobe presently described and finally claimed.

The nature, characteristic features and scope of the invention will bemoreffully un derstood from the following description taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, and in,which Figure 1, is a central sectional view of .a

Ymassage implement embodying the invention. Fig-2, is a sectional viewtaken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3, is a view partly in elevationand partly in section of a slightly modified form of the invention, andFig. 4, is an elevational view of a still further modified form.

In the drawings there is shown a tubular metallic handle a., by means ofwhich the instrument is manipulated. This hollow handie is screwthreaded at each end for the reception of similarly threaded caps b andb1. Carried by the up er cap, is an electric motor c, consisting ofp theusual field and armature and complemental commutator and brushes. Thearmature and commutator are mounted upon the shaft d, which carries aneccentric pin d1, at its outer end. To the motor c, is fixed a framework c1, having piv-` otal relation with which is a vibrator rod e. Oneend of this rod is slotted and is ada ted for the reception of theeccentric pin .1,in

-order that a lateral vibrating motion may be imparted to a vibratormember f, having screw threaded engagement with the op osite end of therod e. The above descri ed parts may be incased by a housing g, screwedas at g1, to the motor and which may be two-part if desired. The motoris provided with a contact point l, shown'as being upon the upper cap b.The cap b, is provided with a brass contact point 2. (lontained withinthe chamber of the handle a, is current generating means which may beone or more dry batteries, 3, of which two are shown in the drawings.lThese batteries are zinc covered and are provided with brass contactoints 4, and may be incased by means oi) a tubular insulating medium 10.By this arrangement current may be caused to flow to the motor by reasonof the fact that the brass and zinc parts contacting with one anotherform a circuit which may be made and broken at will by means hereinafterset forth'.

Between the cap b, and the top of the uppermost battery is shown aspiral spring This spring is useful in serving to pre- -ventcontactbetween the batteries and motor when the device is accidentallyoverturned or when lying upon its side, by the batteries sliding upagainstthe contact point 1. These batteries are removably fits tedwithin the handle and may be readily removed and new onesreplaced throuh the *instrumentality of the removable cap By the above describedarrangement mas-- sage devices may carry their own source of currentsupply, which obviously is advantageous, especially for traveling puroses and where electrical current is not avai able.

In order to use the above described massage implement t is merelynecessary to give the handle a, or cap b, a twist of the wrist whichwill cause the contact points to contact one with the other to form acircuit and current will flow to and cause to operate the motor,whereupon a vibratory motion will be imparted to the vibratory member f.Likewise a twist of the wrist will break the electrical connections andstop the motor.

`In Fig. 8, a spring controlled push button 6, is shown as providingmeans for making and breaking the circuit connections between thebatteries and motor. Fig. 4, illustrates the use of a pair of handles a,in order that additional batteries may be carried by the massageimplement. In this event they may be coupledtogether as at 7, and may beprovided with a pair of connected push buttons 8, for making and breakinthe circuit.

am aware that electrically operated massage implements have been usedbefore,

but in such cases the current has been supplied rom an outside sourceof'sipgly 1n contra-distinction from being carrie y the apparatusitself, hence I do not claim such as my invention. However, I do notwish bythe use of the above language to limit my invention furtherthanthe prior state of the art may require, but

Havln thus described the nature and objects o my invention, What I claimas new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is A device of thecharacter described,4 comprising a tubular casing capable of rotatingsaid casing having screw-threaded ends, top

and bottom caps accommodated by said screw threaded ends, a motorequipped with Y a massage device carried by the top cap, a

battery ca able of endwise movement through sai casing the cells ofwhich are arranged end to end, one pole of the battery formed by saidcells being normally out of contact with a permanent terminal of themotor and -the other pole of said battery being in direct contact withthe bottom ca whereby when the said casing is slighty rotated thebattery is moved endwise for electrically contacting with the motorterminal for closing the circuit and resilient means interposed betweenand insulated from the motor terminal and battery for maintaining anopen circuit, substantially as described.

In testimony' whereof I have hereunto signed `my name.

. HENRY D. GARDY. Witnesses:

W. J. JACKSON, GRANT C. OsBoRNE.

